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Optimism and Arbitrum Storm DeFi Rankings
Layer 2s Rank No. 4 and No. 6 by Total Value Locked
Velodrome Surprises Investors with Surge on Optimism Blockchain
Overlooked DEX Challenges Uniswap by Taking Four of Top 10 Places on Layer 2
Lido To Expand stETH To Layer 2 Networks
The staked ETH derivative will be launched on Arbitrum and Optimism.
Optimism’s TVL Doubles as Trading Activity Surges on Layer 2s
Loopring and Boba Network Shed Nearly $2B in TVL
Optimism Exploiter Returns 90% Of Stolen Tokens
18M OP stolen OP tokens have been returned.
ApeCoin Community Commits to Ethereum to ‘Properly Scale’
Soaring Fees in Otherdeeds Land Sale Drives Community to Layer 2s
Market Maker Mishap Leads to Loss of 20M OP Tokens
20M OP tokens that were loaned to market maker Wintermute have been stolen by parties unknown.
Velodrome AMM Launches Airdrop on Optimism
Eligible users can now claim their $VELO airdrops.
Optimism Airdrop Turns ‘Turbulent’ After Demand Overload
Optimism Struggles to Handle Surge for OP Token
$OP is Live! A Guide To Claiming The Airdrop
A step-by-step guide to claiming Optimism’s $OP airdrop.
BREAKING: Optimism’s $OP Token Could Be Imminent
Crypto users are speculating that Optimism could drop its OP token as early as tomorrow.
Mirror Taps Optimism for New Writing NFTs
Web3 blog platform Mirror now lets writers sell their essays as NFTs. Mirror, a kind of Medium meets Web3, lets bloggers publish essays on the Ethereum blockchain, then vote on the best ones with the platform’s governance token. Upstart writers could already sell NFTs on the platform and hold crowdsales – they’ve raised $15.36M since …
Optimism Foundation Cracks Down On Airdrop Farmers
17,000 addresses have been disqualified from the Optimism airdrop with 14M OP tokens reallocated.
Optimism Targets ‘Ethereum Equivalence’ With New L2 Upgrade
Ethereum scaling solution Optimism today announced Bedrock, an upgrade that improves speeds and cuts costs for those that trade on the L2. Optimism is a rollup: a Layer 2 scaling solution that batches transactions on another blockchain, then feeds them back to Ethereum as a single transaction. Rollups enjoy the security of Ethereum’s mainnet while …
IntoTheBlock: Diving into Optimism and the Promise of Layer 2s
Speculation Mounts About Prices and Airdrops
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